Optimization of Radiation Dose and Image Quality in Musculoskeletal CT: Emphasis on Iterative Reconstruction Techniques (Part 2).

abstract：:The role of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) techniques continues to grow and evolve in the evaluation of musculoskeletal tumors. In this review we discuss the MRI quantitative techniques of volumetric measurement, chemical shift imaging, diffu...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Howe BM,Broski SM,Littrell LA,Pepin KM,Wenger DE

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique and findings in the setting of athletic pubalgia, including injury at the rectus abdominis/adductor aponeurosis, are becoming widely recognized. A subset of these patients is treated with various pelvic floor repairs, mesh reinforcements, and tendon releases. Most of these pat...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Zoga AC,Meyers WC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of ligaments and tendons at the midfoot are less common than those around the ankle and at the hindfoot. Nevertheless, disorders of the distal portions of the anterior and posterior tibialis tendons (ATT and PTT) and the spring ligament complex have an important clinical impact and can be treated with surger...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Mengiardi B,Pfirrmann CW,Zanetti M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several imaging methods for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis exist. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the most widely available and commonly used for measuring bone mineral density (BMD). Central DXA has several advantages: It has very good reproducibility, administers a negligible radiation dose t...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Messina C,Sconfienza LM,Bandirali M,Guglielmi G,Ulivieri FM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total joint arthroplasty refers to the restoration of joint function and stability through bony and ligamentous reconstruction. It is considered among the most reliable and reproducible surgical procedures in modern medicine and expected to increase drastically in demand over the next 20 years. This article provides a...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Carli A,Jerabek S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve entrapment and muscle denervation syndromes are often hard to diagnose, presenting as pain or unusual weakness. In addition many of the clinically named syndromes are poorly defined and understood. An understanding of the clinical signs, the normal and variant anatomy, and the often variable relationship between...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Galloway HR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of muscle diseases has traditionally integrated clinical with biochemical findings, occasionally resorting to muscle biopsy. This article reviews the role and imaging appearances of muscle diseases at MRI, specifically emphasising the role of WBMRI in global assessment of muscle abnormality, and in part...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Shelly MJ,Bolster F,Foran P,Crosbie I,Kavanagh EC,Eustace SJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the basics of image-guided intervention of musculoskeletal neoplasms. Image-guided procedures are playing an ever-increasing role in the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of musculoskeletal tumors. The successful handling of these lesions necessitates a multidisciplinary approach, with the radiolo...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Hillen TJ,Baker JC,Jennings JW,Wessell DE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial membranes line the diarthrodial (movable) joints, bursae, and tendon sheaths of the body. The primary function of this specialized, vascular tissue is to serve as a filter system that lubricates and nourishes the articular structures as well as serving as a shock-absorber. The synovium is affected by a variet...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Chung CB,Boucher R,Resnick D

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Painful total knee arthroplasty (TKA) represents a diagnostic challenge for the clinician and radiologist, as there is a wide variety of potential etiologies, with a broad range of clinical presentations, and the abnormalities on imaging studies are often subtle, absent, or nonspecific. Imaging findings of normal TKA ...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Math KR,Zaidi SF,Petchprapa C,Harwin SF

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fortunately, serious injuries to the cervical spine in athletes are rare. Most injuries are self-limited and related to sprains and strains. Although radiographs may be used to screen for fractures, potentially serious soft-tissue injuries require additional diagnostic techniques. In these cases, advanced imaging with...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Mintz DN

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Painful skeletal and vertebral conditions caused by degeneration, fractures, infection, and neoplasm are common and associated with high morbidity and mortality. Since the introduction of modern orthopedic surgery these conditions have been treated with a multitude of techniques. Bone augmentation and grafting have em...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Sequeiros RB,Binkert CA,Carrino JA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article describes the postoperative magnetic resonance (MR) findings relating to surgery after tendon repair, ligament repair, and Morton's neuroma resection. The normal postoperative tendon is commonly thickened, showing signal changes that are most pronounced 3 to 6 months after surgery. Two years after ...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Zanetti M,Saupe N,Espinosa N

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of the brachial plexus with ultrasound is efficient because it allows many parts of the brachial plexus as well as the surrounding soft tissues to be assessed with high spatial resolution. The key to performing good ultrasound of the brachial plexus is being familiar with the anatomy and the common variant...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Griffith JF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This history page in the series "Leaders in MSK radiology" is dedicated to the memory and achievements of the Norwegian physician Christian Magnus Falsen Sinding-Larsen who's name is connected to the medical eponym Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease. ...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Vanhoenacker FM,Pedersen R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoulder ultrasound is a commonly performed imaging study that can accurately determine the presence of rotator cuff tendinosis and tears, as well as subacromial-subdeltoid bursal and long head of biceps tendon pathology. High accuracy depends on an awareness of imaging pitfalls that can be encountered and lead to ove...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Griffith JF

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Athletic pubalgia is a frequently encountered syndrome for clinicians who treat active patients participating in a wide variety of athletic endeavors worldwide. Pathologies associated with this clinical scenario span anatomically from the pubic symphysis to the hip and include a myriad of poorly understood and incompl...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Zajick DC,Zoga AC,Omar IM,Meyers WC

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a renewed interest in the recent literature with regard to the normal anatomy of the distal biceps tendon. Cadaveric studies have demonstrated that a large percentage of individuals have two independent muscle bellies, the short and the long head, with two distinct separate tendons attaching at the radi...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Brigido MK,De Maeseneer M,Morag Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 2 decades, the definition of pathomechanical concepts that link osseous deformities to chondrolabral damage and expose young and active patients to the risk of early osteoarthritis has led to a tremendous increase in the number of joint-preserving surgeries performed. The rise in arthroscopic procedures ...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Schmaranzer F,Cerezal L,Llopis E

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the evaluation of soft tissue masses, sonography (US) has proved to be very accurate in confirming the presence or absence of a lesion, with a very high negative predictive value. Many soft tissue masses result from trauma, inflammation, infection, or cystic changes and are not true neoplasms. In the proper clinic...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Fornage BD

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides an overview of the current use of diagnostic imaging modalities in the evaluation of a heterogeneous group of disorders causing chronic anemias by impaired blood cell production (inherited bone marrow failure syndromes of childhood, aplastic anemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, β-thalassemia) or...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Martinoli C,Bacigalupo L,Forni GL,Balocco M,Garlaschi G,Tagliafico A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foot pain and disability may curtail the performance of simple routine tasks, work-related duties, and athletic activities. Disorders of the plantar fascia are commonly encountered in the diagnostic evaluation of subcalcaneal heel pain. The approach to imaging the ankle and foot has undergone significant amendment wit...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Theodorou DJ,Theodorou SJ,Resnick D

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic musculoskeletal diseases such as arthritis, malignancy, chronic injury/ inflammation, and chronic musculoskeletal pain often pose challenges for current clinical imaging modalities. There is hope that a growing field, referred to as "molecular imaging," will shed new light on these chronic phenomenon as it aim...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Biswal S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiological features of osteoarticular tuberculosis are quite variable. The rareness of AIDS-associated tuberculosis and relatively mild course and imaging features may be the common feature of osteoarticular tuberculosis in Japan. Imaging features are generally similar to other low-grade infections, and liberal ...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Ehara S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) is a crucial structure for both maintaining the stability of the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) and acting as a cushion for axial loading of the ulnocarpal joint. Injury to the TFCC can lead to early degeneration of the DRUJ and ulnocarpal joint, with resultant chronic wris...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Ng AWH,Tong CSL,Hung EHY,Griffith JF,Tse WL,Wong CWY,Mak MCK,Ho PC

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The posterolateral corner (PLC) of the knee is a complex area, previously poorly understood by radiologists. Numerous structures make up the PLC, whose evaluation is difficult because of the variable presence of the individual components, their intimate and commonly overlapping insertions, and their oblique course on ...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Malone WJ,Koulouris G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy, pitfalls, and limitations of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for diagnosing a tear in the nonoperated knee are well known. However, the diagnosis of a recurrent tear can be more difficult in the postoperative meniscus. Resection or meniscal repair results in postoperative changes that can mimic a recurre...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： De Smet AA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biopsies may be required in patients suspected to have musculoskeletal infections to confirm the diagnosis and also to identify the causative organism. Imaging-guided biopsies have gained increased acceptance to obtain various types of tissues for diagnosis. Under image guidance, biopsies are done percutaneously, usua...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Srinivasan S,Peh WC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasingly aggressive therapeutic strategy, improved treatment options, and encouraging preliminary results have attracted growing attention to the potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis, prognostication, and monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). MRI offers multiplanar imaging with unpr...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Østergaard M,Szkudlarek M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used in the clinical setting as well as for research applications. Since its inception, technical development has broadly progressed as a response to challenges in both the clinical and research settings. Higher magnetic field strength and advances in hardware and software ha...

journal_title：Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

authors： Ariyachaipanich A,Bae WC,Statum S,Chung CB

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00